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• Page 9 January 8, 1996 Mounds View City Council centers and to provide a new meeting place for children and neighborhoods. Therefore she would suggest that Park Improvements for Low and Moderate Income Areas & Special Needs Persons be added back to the list. She also felt the Provision of New/Expanded Social Services should be added to the list. She would recommend dropping the Job Creation activities due to the lengthy process in filling out forms and complying with HUD requirements for an audit and the fact that these programs will likely continue to be provided even if they are not on the list of top five priorities. Her recommendations were as follows: 1. Rehabilitation of Rental Property; 2) Park Improvements for Low and Moderate Income Areas and Special Needs Person; 3) Provisions of New/Expanded Social Services; 4) Removal of Dilapidated Structures; and 5) Rehabilitation of Owner-Occupied Single Family Homes. Ms. Hankner asked if the city will have reached a saturation point in any of the areas where they have been successful in receiving funding in the past. S Mayor Linke stated he did not feel the city will reach a saturation point as long as they can show that there is a need. He stated he was basically in agreement with Ms. Trude's list of priorities, however he would move Park Improvements to #5, and Rehabilitation of Owner-Occupied Single Family Homes should be#2 as it better fits within the Focus 2000. Ms. Hankner stated she also feels that Park Improvements are not as high a priority as rehab of single family homes. MOTION/SECOND: Trude/Hankner to approve Resolution No. 4884, Approving the Priorities for Distribution of Ramsey County CDBG/Home Funds in 1996 with the substitute attachment as discussed. VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried D. Consideration of Approval of 1996 Newsletter Printing Contract. Ms. Bennett explained that the city goes out for bids annually on contracting for printing of the city newsletter. This year the city only received one bid back which is from the same company who has been providing this service for several years. They have excellent • expertise and have historically have been below any other bid that has come in.